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Justice Dept. names openly gay attorney to No. 3 position
WASHINGTON — The head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division has been promoted to the department’s No. 3 job, becoming the highest ranking openly gay official to ever serve in the department. Stuart Delery, who argued on behalf of the federal government in a 2012 appeals court case that ultimately led to a Supreme Court decision overturning a key section …
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Holder: DOJ prepared to urge Supreme Court to strike down gay marriage bans
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department is prepared to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans across the country should the high court take up one of the challenges currently before the federal appellate courts.
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ACLU asks Holder to issue statement recognizing Ind. same-sex marriages
INDIANAPOLIS — Attorneys on Friday asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to step in on behalf of hundreds of same-sex couples who were wed before a federal appeals court stayed an order striking down Indiana’s gay marriage ban. The letter by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana asks Holder to issue a statement that the federal government will…
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Obama Administration expands federal benefits for married same-sex couples
WASHINGTON — A year after the Supreme Court struck down a law barring federal recognition of gay marriages, the Obama administration granted an array of new benefits Friday to same-sex couples, including those who live in states where same-sex marriage is against the law. The new measures range from …
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Wis. Democrats seek federal benefits for married, same-sex couples
MILWAUKEE — The four Democratic members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation are asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to recognize the marriages of gay couples who recently wed in Wisconsin. More than 500 couples wed from June 6 to Friday after a federal judge declared Wisconsin’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.
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Holder: Boy Scouts’ ban on gay adults ‘perpetuates worst kind of stereotypes’
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday took aim at the Boy Scouts of America, saying it’s refusal to allow gay and lesbian adults to serve as scout leaders “perpetuates the worst kind of stereotypes.” In remarks at an event hosted by Lambda Legal, Holder called the ban “a relic of an age of prejudice and insufficient understanding.”
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Holder extends federal recognition to Michigan’s married same-sex couples
DETROIT — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has extended federal recognition to the Michigan marriages of about 300 same-sex couples that took place before a federal appeals court put those unions on hold.
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Lawmakers ask Holder to recognize Michigan’s same-sex newlyweds
DETROIT — Six Democrats in Michigan’s congressional delegation are asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages performed last weekend.
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Holder to state attorneys general: You don’t have to defend marriage bans
WASHINGTON — State attorneys general are not obligated to defend laws in their states banning same-sex marriage if the laws discriminate in a way forbidden by the Constitution, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told his state counterparts Tuesday.
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Mixed assessments: How ‘big’ is Holder’s news on same-sex marriage benefits?
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told a Human Rights Campaign audience in New York Saturday that, beginning Monday, he “will – for the first time in history – formally instruct all Justice Department employees to give lawful same-sex marriages full and equal recognition, to the greatest extent possible under the law.” But there have been some mixed assessments of how big this news really is.